Capt Kangeroo
Senior Member
I am currently looking for boarding steps that attach midships and stay level with the dock as the tide goes up and down. In my search I came across this article, at first I thought it was just what I was looking for....... that is, until I got to the bottom of the page where it gives the msrp.
Stowable Carbon Fiber Boarding Stairs – Yachts International
Now I realize that a boarding ladder is an extremely complex device made from rare alloys and exotic hardwoods and constructed to withstand re-entry to earths atmosphere but somewhere, somehow, common sense just has to prevail, even to the uber-rich. That said, I am quite aware of the unwritten law of economics that anything even remotely related to a marine application be it a light bulb or a bungee cord "must be" marked up far and beyond what any sane, rational non-boater would pay and I accept that. After all, anyone who is foolish enough to own a boat is clearly foolish enough to spend $20,000.00 to $40,000.00 on a ladder so they can get on their boat.
The catch-phrases "Spending money like a drunken sailor" or "a fool and their money" are soon parted, instantly comes to mind
I took a look at this company's web site, very impressive but unfortunately they have no boarding steps in the $18,000.00 to $19,000.00 range or I would have bought one for each side of my boat. Their loss for being greedy.
I think I'll go get a skill saw and some 2X4's.
Stowable Carbon Fiber Boarding Stairs – Yachts International
Now I realize that a boarding ladder is an extremely complex device made from rare alloys and exotic hardwoods and constructed to withstand re-entry to earths atmosphere but somewhere, somehow, common sense just has to prevail, even to the uber-rich. That said, I am quite aware of the unwritten law of economics that anything even remotely related to a marine application be it a light bulb or a bungee cord "must be" marked up far and beyond what any sane, rational non-boater would pay and I accept that. After all, anyone who is foolish enough to own a boat is clearly foolish enough to spend $20,000.00 to $40,000.00 on a ladder so they can get on their boat.
The catch-phrases "Spending money like a drunken sailor" or "a fool and their money" are soon parted, instantly comes to mind
I took a look at this company's web site, very impressive but unfortunately they have no boarding steps in the $18,000.00 to $19,000.00 range or I would have bought one for each side of my boat. Their loss for being greedy.
I think I'll go get a skill saw and some 2X4's.